Loose-leaf directory.



C. G. DANIEL.

LOOSE LEAP DIRECTORY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21, 1910.

1,091, 124. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

CHARLES-C. DANIEL, on Kansas CITY, MISSOURI.

LOOSE-LEAF DIRECTORY.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed April 21, 1910. Serial No. 556,893.

seated thereat to inspect any desired leaf; easily and quickly, and my object is to pro-' duce a device of this character of ornamental and attractive appearance and of simple,

durable and cheap construction.

With this object in view and others as hereinafter appear the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is an elevation of a loose leaf directory embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a. top view of the same with the cap and knob or handle omitted. Fig. 3, is a vertical section on the line III-III of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is an enlarged perspective view of a fragment of one of the leaves of the device.

In the said drawing which discloses the directory for use as a. desk stand, 1 indicates a suitable base and secured centrally to the same and projecting vertically upward therefrom is a rod 2, provided with screw threads 3 at its upper end and also threaded at its lower end by preference as at 4, and mounted upon the lower end of the rod above the base is a collar 5 as a support for a frame adapted for rotation upon the rod. the frame being constructed as follows 6 is a tube fitting loosely upon the rod and provided with a closed lower end 7 resting upon the collar 5. 8 and 9 are horizontal disks secured respectively to the upper and lower ends of the tube and provided near their margins with circular series of holes 10 and 11, the upper disk being provided with a plurality of outwardly projecting tongues 12.

13 indicates the leaves'of the device, said leaves consisting of cards 1 1 of suitable ma terial and hinge clips 15 bent from a strip of tin or equivalent material by preference,

to tubular form with jaws 16't0 receive and hold firmly between them the inner edges of the cards, and said clips are also provided with extensions 17 for pivotal engagement with the holes 10 and 11 of the disks 8 and 9 of the rotary frame, it being understoodthat the extensions 17 of each leaf will oc cupy the holes of the disk' which lie in the same radial plane with respect to the axis of the frame sothat the leaf may be capable of free hinge movement, the lower ends of the tubular clips resting as shown in Fig. 3 upon, disk 8, and the upper ends of the clips terminating below disk 9 a distance slightly in excess of the length of the lower extensions 17, so that when a leaf is grasped and lifted, its lower extension 17 may be disengaged from the disk 8 and thus enable the operator'to swing the leaf outward slightly preliminary to drawing it downward to disengage the upper extension 17 from disk 9, it being obvious that this manipulation of the-leaf is reversed to resecure it in the rotary frame.

18 is a cap fitting loosely around the rod 2 above the rotary frame and provided with a marginal flange 19 depending around disk 9, said flange being provided with bayonet slots 20 for the reception of tongues 12 of disk 9, so that the cap will have to be lifted and turned at the same time to disengage it from the tongues to permit a leaf to be placed in or removed from position.

Secured upon the upper end of the rod 3 is a knob or handle 21, which gives the top of the structure an ornamental appearance and constitutes a handle whereby the structure may be conveniently lifted, it being noticed that the cap is provided centrally with an opening 18 sufiiciently large to easily rcc eiv'e the lower part of the knob so that the latter shall not interfere with the raising and lowering of the cap.

To conveniently inspect one of the leaves aperson seated at the desk upon which the device stands, grasps the cap or a leaf and imparts turning movement to the frame un til the adjustment. sought is attained. the

leaf believed to contain the information bev ing then swung outwardly so that it may be more readily inspected.

At times it may be desired to maintain a leaf in what may be termed open position for some time and to guard against accidental closing movement of such leaf I provide one or more pivoted clamps 22. carriedby a' cross bar 23 bearing a fixed relaor opened leaves and thus guards against the accidental closing thereof.

- engaged in different lines of work. and to make 1t more convenient as a ready refer- In practice the leaves as will be readily understood w ll contain-information of all lands so as to be of use and value to persons ence device the cards may be differently colored, classified and indexed as well known in card index systems. i

Fromthe above description it will be apparent that I have produced a loose leaf directory possessingthe features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention and I wish it to be understood that I do not desire ;to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and modifications will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art.

7 Having thus described the invention what I I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A loose leaf directorypcomprising a base,

to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, it

described as obvious a vertical rod mounted on the base, a collar,

upon the rod above the base, a tube fitting loosely on the rod and resting on the collar, a horizontal disk secured on the lower end of the tube and provided with a circular series of perforations near its outer margin,

a similar perforated disk secured on the upprojecting. pivot pins and provided with a depending flange encircling and bearing an interlocked relation to the upper diskand susceptible of being lifted without disturbing the knob until'said flange is above-the plane'of the upper disk\to permit the up- Wardly projecting pins in the perforations of the upper diskuntil the depending pins are withdrawn from the perforations of the lower disk, to the removal of the leaves.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

HELEN .C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

upwardly-projectingacentrally perforated cap resting normally uponthe'upwardly to slide upwardly.

preliminary CHARLES C. DANIEL. 

